Black Lives In Alaska: A History Of African Americans In The Far Northwest - 9780295750927

Foreword / by Calvin E. Williams -- Introduction : Black history in unlikely places -- Black exploration, labor, and travel in the icy Northwest -- Black in the Gold Rush era -- The World War era and a New Alaska -- Discrimination, opportunity, and community in postwar Alaska -- Civil rights under the northern lights -- Black Alaska during the oil boom -- Criminal justice, law enforcement, and race in urban Alaska -- Resentment, resilience, and cultural rejuvenation at century's end -- Conclusion: The black past meets contemporary Alaska.

• | Author: Ian C. Hartman, David Reamer
• | Publisher: University of Washington Press
• | Publication Date: Nov 29, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 301 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0295750928
• | ISBN-13: 9780295750927